Black Women for Change is a multi-
issue organization led by Black women that connects the voices of black women, women of color, clergy, and faith leaders to build power and win campaigns on issues of healthcare, repro-liberation, racial and economic justice, violence against women, harm reduction, and trauma within our community.
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ABOUT
Black Women for Change is a grassroots organization that centers the voices of black women. We are dedicated to building collective power with Black women, faith leaders, and community members to advance policies that address gender, economic and racial inequities and be responsive to trauma and healing for black women.
Black Women Rising has three goals:
Goal 1: To drive a collective narrative to dismantle structural, institutional, spiritual, and political hegemony that has resulted in oppression, spiritual repression, body politics, poor health outcomes, racial, economic, and gender inequities, and transgenerational trauma.
Goal 2: To amplify the voices of black women and validate ourselves as thinkers, fighters, strategists, influencers, power brokers, and owners of our stories and narratives.
Goal 3: Advance the leadership of black women socially, economically, spiritually, and politically to dismantle the personal and communal effects of patriarchy, oppression, misogyny, and white supremacy that continue to perpetuate inequality, harm, and trauma.
The mission of Black Women for Change is to center the voices of Black women to grow their leadership and power and to establish a safe haven for Black women consistently challenged by the world's issues to empower, teach, and guide them into full transformation.
We center the voices of Black women, and women of color on issues we care about and to influence and advance policies with the black woman in mind while having a seat at the decision-making table. Black Women for Change will shape a collective narrative to dismantle structural, institutional, spiritual and political hegemony regarding the black woman’s experience from slaves to the sanctuary; which has resulted in oppression, spiritual repression, lack of access to healthcare and decisions being made over our bodies, racial and economic inequality, intergenerational harm and trauma.
VALUES
OUR MISSION
We envision a world where Black women and those who identify as Black women unapologetically alter and create spaces to be visible, free, and whole.
OUR ISSUES
Black Woman's Agenda
As the 2024 election approaches, the voices and votes of Black women hold immense power. Our community is faced with a myriad of critical issues that demand immediate attention and action. This agenda outlines key priorities that reflect the concerns and aspirations of Black women voters across the nation.
Black Applachian Coalition
The Black Appalachian Coalition (BLAC) is an initiative that leverages black women’s organizing skills, leadership potential and political power to influence and positively impact the community.
Our mission is to build a multi-state campaign that amplifies black voices, dismantles the colonized narrative of Appalachia.
LEADERSHIP
MEET OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Archbishop Marcia Dinkins
Consecrated on October 11, 2020, Archbishop Marcia L. Dinkins serves as founding prelate and CEO of Forever Changed Ministries, a nondenominational ministry without walls that seeks to break the sacred/secular divide between church and community. Bishop Dinkins is the founder and executive director of Black Women Rising (BWR). BWR centers the voices of Black women and women of color on Healing for Change through a social justice lens using Teaching and Training that leads to Transformation.
Bishop Dinkins launched the Black Appalachian Coalition (BLAC) on June 18, 2021. In addition to her roles at Black Women Rising and BLAC, Bishop Dinkins serves as the part-time executive director for Ohioans for Sustainable Change (formerly Ohio Interfaith Power and Light).
A native of Detroit, Bishop Dinkins owned and operated a medical and substance abuse facility serving unserved and underserved communities. She also has a state contract to provide wrap-around, family preservation, and reunification services to keep children from being placed in the foster care system and to reunite children in foster care with their families. Bishop Dinkins was sworn in and appointed by the Wayne County Third Circuit Judicial Court as Court Appointed Special Advocate to represent the best interest of children in the child welfare system and has worked 23 years in the field of law specializing in family law, tort law, and medical malpractice.
